Posts Tagged ‘Peter Tipene’

Mother offers forgiveness to son’s attacker

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

The mother of a young man who died, after being brutally assaulted in central Auckland, New Zealand, has already forgiven the man accused of causing the injury that to ended his life. Her son, 25-year-old Tarun Asthana died Monday 4 November, two days after suffering critical head injuries in an unproved attack outside a McDonald’s Read more

Pa Petera hopes election of Pope Francis will make people take stock

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

In 2006 nearly 70,000 Maori identified with Catholicism but Pa Petera, Father Peter Tipene, believes fewer and fewer Katorika Maori are turning up on Sundays. He says  that with the election of Pope Francis it’s a good time for the church – and for Maori who follow the faith – to reassess and take stock. Read more